A THANGKA OF 'CLOUD FACE' MAHAKALA INSCRIBED BY THE EIGHTH...
A THANGKA OF 'CLOUD FACE' MAHAKALA
INSCRIBED BY THE EIGHTH KARMAPA, MIKYO DORJE (1507-1554)
TIBET, 16TH CENTURY
Distemper on cloth; inscribed in black and gold ink along the verso translated as follows: 'curved knife' (top left); 'Shrī Mahākāla! Remove all obstacles, from this life until attaining awakening, [for?] Tulku Namdröl!' (black line); '[Being consecrated with] barley of [by] the Lord Karmapa, Mikyö Dorje’s hand bearing [his] venerable handprint, and being [his] venerable painting—may [this thangka]become the fortune of countless persons of virtue: Blessing!' (gold line).
Image: 10 x 8 5⁄8 in. (25.5 x 22 cm.)
With silks: 21¼ x 11 7⁄8 in. (54 x 30 cm.)
Provenance
Sjoerd de Vries, Amsterdam
Literature
Hanna Havnevik and Charles Ramble, eds. “Notes on an Unidentified Thangka of the Black-Cloak Mahākāla,” From Bhakti to Bon: Festschrift for Per Kværne, 2015, pp. 113-31.
Himalayan Art Resources, item no. 25311.
A THANGKA OF 'CLOUD FACE' MAHAKALA
INSCRIBED BY THE EIGHTH KARMAPA, MIKYO DORJE (1507-1554)
TIBET, 16TH CENTURY
Distemper on cloth; inscribed in black and gold ink along the verso translated as follows: 'curved knife' (top left); 'Shrī Mahākāla! Remove all obstacles, from this life until attaining awakening, [for?] Tulku Namdröl!' (black line); '[Being consecrated with] barley of [by] the Lord Karmapa, Mikyö Dorje’s hand bearing [his] venerable handprint, and being [his] venerable painting—may [this thangka]become the fortune of countless persons of virtue: Blessing!' (gold line).
Image: 10 x 8 5⁄8 in. (25.5 x 22 cm.)
With silks: 21¼ x 11 7⁄8 in. (54 x 30 cm.)
Provenance
Sjoerd de Vries, Amsterdam
Literature
Hanna Havnevik and Charles Ramble, eds. “Notes on an Unidentified Thangka of the Black-Cloak Mahākāla,” From Bhakti to Bon: Festschrift for Per Kværne, 2015, pp. 113-31.
Himalayan Art Resources, item no. 25311.
